I’ve had my fill of packaged thrills and spills We’ve had an amazing fun filled family week driving across Europe en route to Iceland, stopping off for a wide variety of new, different, enjoyable, thrilling and exciting family activities as we’ve made our way across Holland, Germany and Denmark. So why after all that action [...]
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What is dangerous is arguing it’s not..
What is dangerous is arguing it’s not.. I am in bed with a fisherman. Well, not literally, the fisherman is on top of me. Well, not literally, he’s hovering over my head. Let me just clarify. I am in a set of kids bunk beds, double kids bunk beds. Yes, literally. Two king size beds, [...]
We climbed out of Cumbria and arrived in Iceland
We climbed out of Cumbria and arrived in Iceland About half way through our winter C2C tour we stopped off in Nenthead to visit Dick Phillips, an expert in Icelandic cycle touring. We were hoping to shape some more definitive plans for a summer tour of Iceland but you don’t always get what you want [...]
Skating on thin ice…. contemplating winter cycling
Skating on thin ice? The mum ahead of me on the school run is acting really weird. She’s holding on to the wall like she’s drunk, feet flailing beneath her. Moments later I mirror her stance. We cling to the grey stone as our feet slither and slide. On this grey winter’s morning, with freezing [...]
An early gap year for the kids?
An early gap year for the kids Sending your kids off on a gap year is a rite of passage for any parent. The dramatic goodbye, the niggling irrational fear they’ll get snatched, lost, robbed or pickled in alcohol. The hope they won’t fall for an Aussie and want to relocate halfway across the world, [...]
10 reasons to stop cotton wool parenting
10 reasons to stop cotton wool parenting You are a parent. Looking after kids is your job right? And to do that job well you have to protect them from danger. But are you overprotecting them? Are you cotton wool parenting? I’m forever wondering whether I’ve got the balance right between protecting from genuine threats [...]
Kids need adventure. Parents need to teach them how.
Kids need adventure. Parents need to teach them how. Do you get bored with routine? Do you long for more adventure in your life? Do you think your kids do? Do you think it matters? Research conducted by One Poll in the UK in May 2010 reported 85% of children age 6-12 longing for more [...]
No risk, no consequences, no adventure?
“There’s a little bridge over there, or you can take the stepping stones,” I explain as we approach the edge of the stream. It’s an unusually fine Scottish Spring day and our group of family and friends are straggled out along the heathery path that leads down from Corrie Lochan to the rocky West coast [...]
Is this ridiculous cotton wool parenting?
Am I a ridiculous cotton wool mum? I know it’s my job to let go, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. I mean how do you know when they’re old enough to do something on their own anyway. How do you deal with differing opinions about that within the family? And how do [...]
Family cycling: Why don’t families cycle together?
7 Reasons Families Don’t Cycle Together Sometimes it feels like we’re a freak family for riding our bikes together, not so much on the big journeys we do (although that seems pretty wierd to a lot of people) but doing the more everyday things like going to the shops, the library, the swimming pool. Why [...]
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